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Monday, November 30, 2009

ReBooWee

As we come to the end of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), I am inspired to try something different for December and January. I am calling it ReBooWee or Read-a-Book-a-Week.

I am sure many of you are like me and have a fleet of unread books circling overhead, waiting for their turn to land. I figured if I put my goal out to the blogosphere, give it a name, I'd then have a reason--a purpose--to sit my butt in a comfy chair, wrap up in a Snuggie, sip on Earl Grey tea and revisit the joys of reading.

Plus, as writers, we should all be reading as much as we can. Stephen King in his memoir On Writing says, "Constant reading will pull you into a place where you can write eagerly and without self-consciousness. It also offers you a constantly growing knowledge of what has been done and what hasn't, what is trite and what is fresh, what works and what just lies there dying (or dead) on the page. The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor."

So who is with me? Who wants to see if they can Read-a-Book-a-Week, then share what they read, right here on this blog every Monday? Here is a little graphic for you to use, to show your commitment to ReBooWee.

Read...read...hmmm, let's see, can someone please remind me what "read" means? I think I recall doing it back in elementary school, and even a bit in college. For the life of me, however, the word completely escapes me right now.

My library is actually bigger than a fleet, Kerrie; it is perhaps, an armada of unread books, magazines, anthologies, short stories, catalogs, and my own writing. Each was purchased with a sincere intention to read right away--except for my work, of course.

Man, if I could read a book a week that would be awesome! I love that you're setting an ambitious deadline, but I have to decline...darn it all!

I'd love to say yes but Iknow I'm already time short. Some weeks I can read four or five books, others I can barely open the pages before I'm dragged away. I will be following this with interest though and contributing where I can. I think this is a great idea.